Rattle in door pillar
05-18-2011, 10:47 AM
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Well I just put the electrical tape on the door catch and it worked...rattle is gone.
I'm still going to put the grease on when it comes in. But I urge anyone to try it. I cut a 2-3 inch piece and wrapped around the door catch, just on the part that faces toward the door latch, ironically it is the same width as a standard piece of electrical tape.
I would of put money on it that it was in the B-pillar by how it sounded...never even looked at the door, could never reproduce it there.
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I'm still going to put the grease on when it comes in. But I urge anyone to try it. I cut a 2-3 inch piece and wrapped around the door catch, just on the part that faces toward the door latch, ironically it is the same width as a standard piece of electrical tape.I would of put money on it that it was in the B-pillar by how it sounded...never even looked at the door, could never reproduce it there.
The value of the information available on this forum and in the community here is priceless!!
05-18-2011, 05:40 PM
#382
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Originally Posted by Bonedoc
Okay...just got a call from the service manager at the dealership I've been dealing with. So far these guys have been great to deal with.
He told me that since I told him the rattle was not fixed, he has been researching the rattle complaint and found a TSB on it.
The guys who are saying to adjust the door catches are....sort of right. Apparently there is a special grease needed for the latch on the door. He says it is a very thick sticky grease that then gums up the parts of the latch that are loose and rattling. These pieces are loose only in the latched position which explains why when they were testing my Jeep for the sound initially, it went away when the door was opened.
So he ordered the grease and will call me as soon as it is in. Will keep you all posted.
I'll ask him what the TSB name or number is when I speak to him next so if this fixes it all can refer to it with their dealerships and it could even be posted on the forum here.
He told me that since I told him the rattle was not fixed, he has been researching the rattle complaint and found a TSB on it.
The guys who are saying to adjust the door catches are....sort of right. Apparently there is a special grease needed for the latch on the door. He says it is a very thick sticky grease that then gums up the parts of the latch that are loose and rattling. These pieces are loose only in the latched position which explains why when they were testing my Jeep for the sound initially, it went away when the door was opened.
So he ordered the grease and will call me as soon as it is in. Will keep you all posted.
I'll ask him what the TSB name or number is when I speak to him next so if this fixes it all can refer to it with their dealerships and it could even be posted on the forum here.
05-27-2011, 02:26 PM
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Have the same issue on my 2011 ....brought to dealer they counldn't "find" it.
Just did the "tape thing" and drove down the side street that would drive me nuts hearing it and....NO NOISE, THUNK or whatever. I too swore it was in the pillar....but was wrong.
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09-10-2011, 06:21 AM
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it works!!
Just solved my thunk noise. Before starting to "hunt" the noise disassembling the pillars, a quick search pointed me in the direction of the door closing mechanism.
four strips of duct tape solved it!!
This forum rocks.
four strips of duct tape solved it!!
This forum rocks.
09-18-2011, 07:40 PM
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On my 4th JK Unlimited and all 4 (2007-2008) have had this problem. Interestingly enough I thought this one might not rattle since it has factory 1/2 doors and they weigh so much less. Nevertheless, I was lucky to get the "feature" on this one too! I can't believe 2011's still have the problem!
